> convince the church hierarchy to dispatch 20,000 Mormons to the middle of nowhere, assuming they could do that. It's interesting, Mormonism originally encour

> convince the church hierarchy to dispatch 20,000 Mormons to the middle of nowhere, assuming they could do that. It's interesting, Mormonism originally encouraged its members to move to a central place, but around 1950 then prophet (i.e. leader) David O. McKay told people it was fine to remain at home [1]. There are some interesting pockets out there as a result of this "gathering attitude", though, like (AFAIK) a fairly substantial group of Polynesian Mormons in and around Independence, Missouri (a key area in Mormon theology)[2]. [1] https://www.lds.org/manual/presidents-of-the-church-student-manual/david-o-mckay-ninth-president-of-the-church?lang=eng https://www.lds.org/manual/presidents-of-the-church-student-... (search the term "where they live" in the article) [2] https://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/06/saints-in-independence?lang=eng https://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/06/saints-in-independence?la...